I got this email invitation from Zamboanga-based Tausug painter Rameer Tawasil, seeking media and public support for their public appeal---through art---for peace in Sabah and for the Filipinos as well as Malaysians there.  Please pass this message to others & support Filipinos in Sabah, especially the refugees and the many thousands reportedly being maltreated or dislocated by war?

(Photo below is of the artist Rameer Tawasil, sourced from muslimmindanao.ph)



(Art work below by the artist)




Here's the email invitation below:


Greetings of Peace.

The Arts for Peace in Public places to protest the WAR and carnage in Sabah by Malaysia, finally has the date, time and venues. My Media friends in local TV, Radio and Newspapers and other Journalists promised to grace the event. I also invited the foreign Journalists too. Please help spread the news.

Details are as follows :

"The Arts for Peace Protest"  date :  MARCH 14, 2013  time:    3 : 30 pm
 
venues :
      PUBLIC MURAL PAINTINGS : Normal Road, outside the
                                                         Western Mindanaon State University Campus
                                                          Zamboanga City.      CHALKS DRAWINGS : 1. The famous Cawa - Cawa boulevard/ RT Lim Blvd,
                                             2. Normal Road, outside the Western Mindanao State
                                             University Campus, Zamboanga City.
  
   participants in the Art Making :
       RAMEER A. TAWASIL, and Mindanao Artists       Founding/Vice-Pres.- Mindanao Artists Association of the Philippines
       (Organizer)
     
       ARTES de ZAMBOANGA
       MUSLIM YOUTH MOVEMENT
       for Peace and Development. with 3 or 5 kids participants
       YOUTH SOLIDARITY for PEACE ( Muslim and Christian Youths)
       TAYO Awardee,  2012 ASEAN Youth Awardee
       COLORES de PAZ ( Colors of Peace)
       High School, College and Out-of-School-Youth.
       CHALK ARTISTS
      ( Elementary School Students and High School Students)
Audiences:
      HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
      UNIVERSITY STUDENTS/ STAFFS
      PUBLIC PASSERS BY
      YOUNG MORO PROFESSIONALS NETWORK, Wesmin Group
      MINDANAO HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION CENTER (MinhRAC)
      other Stakeholders


(Art by Rameer Tawasil, sourced from altausug.com)

In our democracy in the Philippines, we should hear the other side of the truth and not just the propaganda of the Malaysia politicians and government. True democracy is free debate and free flow of informations. Let us listen to the Princess Jacel Kiram, daughter of the Sulu Sultan and their claim to Sabah in behalf also of the Philippines too.

Let us listen and tell others about this TV interview by Boy Abunda, details below.





(Image below of Princess Jacel Kiram talking to media in front of a photo of her father the ailing Sultan of Sulu, sourced from todayonline.com)



I received this news from ABS CBN Broadcasting Corporation on Pricess Jacel Kiram to be interviewed by TV host Boy Abunda:

PRINCESS JACEL KIRAM SPEAKS UP ON SABAH STANDOFF IN "BOTTOMLINE."

Amid the much heated battle between the camp of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and the Malaysian government for the ownership of Sabah, Kiram's daughter Princess Jacel will bravely take the spotlight this Saturday (March 9) in "The Bottomline With Boy Abunda" as she shares her thoughts and opinion about their fight for their rights on the land that they call home.

What is the truth behind the allegations that someone is providing them funds for the standoff?

Why did they not follow President Noynoy Aquino's call to come back in the Philippines to talk about the problem?

Are they ready for the possible outcomes of their plan to conquer Sabah?

Don't miss the 2012 Golden Screen TV Awards Outstanding Celebrity Talk Program "The Bottomline With Boy Abunda" this Saturday, 11:30 pm, after "Banana Split."

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(Image below of Princess Jacel Kiram and her father the besieged and ailing Sulltan of Sulu, sourced from globalbalita.com)

KARAPATAN NG PILIPINAS SA SABAH, TATALAKAYIN NI PRINCESS JACEL KIRAM SA "BOTTOMLINE."

Sa gitna ng lalong umiinit na alitan sa pagitan ng kampo ng Sultan ng Sulu na si Jamalul Kiram III at ng gobyerno ng Malaysia kaugnay ng isyu ng pagmamay-ari ng Sabah, matapang na haharap ngayong Sabado (Marso 9) sa "The Bottomline With Boy Abunda" ang anak ni Kiram na si Princess Jacel upang ibahagi ang kanyang saloobin kaugnay ng ipinaglalaban nilang karapatan sa lupang na itinuturing nilang tahanan.

Ano nga ba ang katotohanan sa mga paratang na may nagbibigay ng pondo sa kanilang pagpunta sa Malaysia?

Bakit nga ba hindi nila pinakinggan ang panawagan ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino na bumalik ng Pilipinas upang pag-usapan ang problema?

Handa na nga ba sila sa mga maaaring mangyari sa kanilang planong pagsakop sa Sabah? Makiaalam sa mga isyung panlipunan at huwag palampasin ang 2012 Golden Screen TV Awards Outstanding Celebrity Talk Program na "The Bottomline With Boy Abunda" ngayong Sabado, 11:30 ng gabi, pagkatapos ng "Banana Split."